Transaction Support
The numbers behind the decision.
Sapere Advisory provides the analytical spine of a transaction: quality of earnings, financial modeling, structural options, and valuation range. Delivered in a format acquirers and their lenders can act on.
Transaction Support is the workstream that turns a target into a decision. We run the quality of earnings, normalize the historicals, build the forward model, quantify structural alternatives, and coordinate with legal and tax to make sure the deal that closes matches the deal that got approved.
Scope of engagement.
Quality of Earnings
Historical normalization, one-time adjustment quantification, and run-rate EBITDA analysis.
Financial Modeling
Three-statement forward projection with sensitivity scenarios and financing overlay.
Valuation Range
Comparable transaction analysis, DCF, and industry-specific multiples with defensible assumptions.
Structural Analysis
Asset vs. share, earnout mechanics, escrow sizing, and working capital target quantification.
Due Diligence Coordination
Sequencing and consolidation of financial, legal, tax, HR, and operational diligence workstreams.
Post-Close Handoff
Purchase price allocation, opening balance sheet, and integration accounting support.
Analysis Built for Decisions
Every model, memo, and range is built to answer a specific decision the buyer or lender has to make. No filler, no hedging, no unbounded ranges.
Decision-Focused
Analysis scoped to what the acquirer or credit committee actually needs to sign off.
CPA Foundation
Sapere Accounting sits beside Advisory, so the tax and accounting call-outs are integrated, not afterthoughts.
Integrated Team
Legal, tax, and diligence coordinated from a single point of contact through the deal.
Deal-side financial analysis and valuation support for buy-side transactions across Canadian mid-market. Comfortable with owner-operator financials, corporate carve-outs, and asset-based deals.
CIO, Capital & M&A Advisory
Zohaib leads Sapere's Capital & M&A Advisory practice, guiding business owners, investors, and acquisition groups through mergers, acquisitions, and growth transactions. Six years of deal experience spanning acquisition financing, capital structuring, and buy-side execution across Canadian markets.
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Buy-side M&A advisory for business owners and acquisition groups, from target identification through funding and close.
Acquisition Financing
Acquisition debt and structured financing for operating businesses, franchises, and commercial assets, coordinated directly with banks and private lenders.
Strategic Advisory
Strategic advisory for founders and operators on expansion, exits, and capital strategy, with the analytical rigor to back the recommendation.